A Rainyday Miracle: chapter 3

I stood in the middle of my living room, pondering what I was doing and what Zazie was doing here. It was then that the events of the day caught up to me and hit me with the force akin to that of a flaming shovel to the gut. My favourite anime character was now in my room and wearing one of my t-shirts as a freaking dress. "I wonder which one she's wearing" I thought to myself with a smile on my face and I suddenly shook my head loose of any impure thoughts and silently scolded myself. I decided to walk out of the room before I started calling myself names in my head.

I walked down to spare room to prepare it. I made the bed and wheeled in the space heater and turned it on. I wanted the room to be warmed by time I got in there because it made the freezer feel warm. It only took me fifteen minutes to do this and I was quickly staring at the wall outside my room again. I began to feel like a bit of a stalker just standing there so I walked into the sitting room and sat down on the couch. I sat directly onto a flimsy object on the couch and with a quick yank, I pulled it out from under me and I found it to be Negima vol. 9. I flipped through it quickly until I found the page I was looking for. Zazie was bowing to Negi and handing him tickets to her nightmare circus. I was stuck to this picture because it was the only real picture of Zazie smiling during the entire series. I was enthralled by this picture and by her face mainly. I must have sat there for a good half hour staring at the picture. At the end of this time, I uttered nought but five words; "How did you get here?"

I sighed loudly and closed the book. "Well, I suppose I'll have to see what happens and to enjoy it while I can. It's not every day your favourite fictional character pops up on your doorstep" I laughed to myself. I got up and stretched like a tired cat in the sitting room. I looked at my watch. The time was half past six and I stood there wondering where the day went for me, what had happened to make the day go by so quickly. I shook my head and sighed. I got up at three o'clock today and I found myself thinking "What the hell have I done with my day?"

I walked up the stairs holding the book with the intent of putting it back in my room and then watching a movie in bed. I walked down the hallway and into my room. I walked over to my bookshelf and put the book back between number 8 and 10. I immediately froze as I realized where I was and who was in the room with me. I slowly craned my neck around toward the bed. I turned completely around toward the bed and lying face down in the pillow was Zazie. She was crying. Although I couldn't see her face, I knew she was crying. I could hear muffled sobs emanating from the pillow.

"Zazie... Zazie, what's wrong?!" I said with confusion. I got no response from the anguished girl. "Zazie... please tell me what's wrong; please stop crying, I... (Sniff) You're going to make me cry too."

Still I got no response from the girl. And she was still crying. Now if there was one thing that made me cry, it was the sight of a girl crying and I could not take much more before I began to cry myself. I fought back the tears and took Zazie by the shoulders and held her in front of me. She looked up at me with surprise in her teary eyes. "Listen to me Zazie; you need to tell me what's wrong, ok?" I said with tears in my eyes. "I can't sit back while you cry yourself to sleep, do you hear me?" I softened my voice "I care about you very much Zazie, and I don't want to see you like this. Now tell me what's wrong!"

She looked up at me with her big, wet eye's and said "Y-y-you c-care (Sniff) about m-me? Why would you c-care about me, Jordan Kun, all I've done is been a nuisance to you and your family, I've taken your room and you're even willing to spend money on me, I must seem like the ultimate parasite to you." I looked down at her with disappointment in my eyes. When she saw this look, she craned her head downwards and began to cry again.

I let out a long sigh and I took hold of her softly. I then pulled her toward me into a tight embrace and I held her close to me. After a while I said "You listen to me, Zazie you have been nothing but a pleasure to me and I'm sure you will continue to be while you stay here and believe me, you're no nuisance and don't worry about the room okay?" I pulled her out of the hug and looked into her eyes "Is that all that was bothering you?" I said with a grin on my face. N-no, that's not all" she said, frowning slightly. "I-It just that, well I'm not used this place and the fact t-t-that I'm so far away from home and I don't know anyone here a-a-and I'm really scared and I don't know what to do." She looked truly distraught now because she had gone back to crying into my shoulder. I put my hand on the back of her head and rested my head on hers. "You know me, don't you? And I'm not leaving this house anytime soon and neither are you!

"Listen to me now; I want you to get some sleep because, despite your worries, we are still going to go and spend my money on you tomorrow because when I make a promise to a lady, I make it a point to keep it" I said while cradling her head in my hand. She looked away from me and said "Are you sure about it, Jordan Kun, are you sure you can be this kind and not expect anything back from me?" she had quite a serious and slightly angry look on her face. I was quite taken aback at this sudden change in her demeanour. "Of course Zazie, why would I take anything from you?" I uttered quietly with a bit of worry in my voice. I wondered why she had snapped so suddenly as soon as "taking anything" back was mentioned. I decided it'd be better not to pry open closed wounds.

I" would not expect anything back from you, Zazie, I only wish to help you and make you feel happy, and I swear it" I said sincerely with my hand on my heart.

She looked at me and began to cry once more. She also broke into a torrent of apologies. "I-I-I'm so sorry that I ever ac-accu-accused you of something that you're not. I'm a terr-terrible person!" she cried loudly. I could not take this much longer; if she kept up this crying I would eventually break down and cry myself.

"Zazie, you said you're lonely here and let me guess about this academy you go; you stay with a roommate, am I right?" I said with a smirk. She looked up at me long enough to give a slow nod in my direction. "Then consider this idea, Zazie Chan. What if I stayed with you in this room, how would feel about that?" I looked at her patiently, waiting for an answer and suddenly I realized how that may have sounded to her. "I-I-I will of course be staying on the couch, Zazie Chan, don't worry." I looked at her after I said this; she looked visibly relieved as she let out a loud sigh.

"I wouldn't mind that, Jordan Kun, as long as I can trust you" she said with a sly smirk, this would have looked slyer except for the fact that her eyes were red raw due to all the crying. I decided to retaliate with; "You don't need to worry about me Zazie Chan, it's you I'm worried about, you little minx." She giggled after I said this. Me, I was just glad she was happy again. I looked at my watch again, it was closing in on ten after ten and I wasn't feeling particularly tired but I could see that Zazie was exhausted because she was nodding off as we spoke. I decided that I would also retire for her sake. Right then, it's time you got to sleep, Zazie and because of that it's, also time I went to bed or couch as well, isn't it?"

I left the room and reappeared minutes later holding a blanket and pillow for myself. I threw the blanket on the ground and the pillows on the head of the couch. Now I just want to make sure you're okay with this, Zazie chan. She looked intently at me and nodded with a small smile on her face. "I'm okay with it Jordan Kun, I'm just glad I was able to meet someone as nice as you, someone who would take me in and feed me, someone who would be my friend in this new country." I could only stop and stare blankly at the girl who sat up in my bed across the room. And then, I smiled. She saw this and smiled back at me warmly. After two minutes of smiling at each other, I went back to fixing up the couch.

After I was finished, I climbed onto the couch and pulled the blanket over my entire body. After I had gotten comfortable on the couch, I turned toward my bed and said quietly "Well, is this any better than before, Zazie Chan?"

She looked at me, then took a deep breath, held it for a few seconds and breathed out again. "Just perfect!" she whispered loudly. "That's great news Zazie now, get some sleep already!" I said loudly. I looked over at her just in time to see her plop her head on the pillow. Before I went to sleep, I called over to her "Oh and Zazie, the t-shirt you picked out, which one was it?" She called back from the other side of the room "Trivium, I like them too y'know." "Great band" was my reply. And to myself, I said "and an amazing girl."

The next day...

"Well this is a bit of a problem, isn't it?" I was staring at Zazie who was standing in the middle of my room wearing one of my hoodless sweatshirts and jeans. The problem was that, while incredibly stylish these clothes were on me; on her they looked like a circus canvas with baggy blue legs. She held up her arms, letting half the length of the sleeves fall in front of her. "It's just a little too big for me, Jordan Kun" Zazie laughed and then the pants fell to her ankles. I stood there thinking what I could do to find clothes for Zazie on such short notice and covering my eyes in respect for her. I clicked my fingers and shouted "BY GEORGE, I'VE GOT IT!"

I ran out of my room and came back holding a pair of scissors and a knife. She looked at me with a confused look on her face. Half an hour later I stepped back to observe my handiwork. Zazie now stood in the centre of the room wearing a black, short sleeve t-shirt with a ripped hem, which I made look like it was part of the design. And on the lower half of her body there were the remains of the jeans with almost a complete quarter of the leg missing. The jeans was held up with a black studded belt that had recently gained 7 new holes to facilitate the pants new, slim hipped occupier. As for the shoes, I stole a pair of my mom's runners.

"Well, how do I look?" She giggled as she struck a pose. My mouth fell open and one word escaped from my lips "H-Hot." I realized what I had said, I quickly apologized. She looked at me and smiled warmly. "Don't apologize for that, Jordan Kun, I enjoyed the compliment, it's not that often I get one." I scratched the back of my head and replied "Well you do look pretty hot, despite what anyone will tell you." I could feel myself turning red as we spoke.

We walked out of the room and down the stairs and into the living room. Oh by the way Zazie, one of my friends will be coming with us today, is that alright with you?" She nodded and as she did, the doorbell rang. Okay, his name is Sean Maguire and he's like me but a little bit weirder" I said quickly as I walked to the door. I opened the door and in walked Sean. He was about 5'9 and had short-medium length black hair. He walked in and said "Hey Jordan, how's it going?" With that I ran at him and clothes lined him and shouted while he was on the floor "SAY IT!"

He got up and rubbed his head and said quietly to me "(sigh) I'm your be-yoch. Now can we get going, Jordan.

I laughed heartily and said "Alright Sean, oh, this girl will be coming with us today." Zazie walked up next to me and said "Hello, Sean san, very nice to meet you" she said as she bowed low to him. His mouth dropped open and he tried to say "Is that Zazie Rainyday?" But I threw my hand over his mouth and whispered "yes, now drop it, I'll tell you all about it later."

"Come on everybody, let's get going" I said impatiently. We walked out of my house and in the direction of the city.

As we walked Zazie came up next to me and held my hand softly. She also cuddled up against me as we walked. I looked down at her and smiled. Now this, I could get used to.

End of Chapter 3

Author's notes: This is extremely weird to write for me. But really fun. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I also added my best friend Sean; he will play a part from now on.

Next chapter up in a little while.

Disclaimer: Me no writey Negima. Dat ken akamatsu work rite der.